Ex-FBI Agent Urges Desert Search for Missing Nancy Guthrie

A retired FBI agent is publicly urging investigators in Arizona to conduct new searches of the desert for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, who vanished from her home more than five months ago. The call from former special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, issued on July 17, draws a direct parallel to a recently resolved California case where a woman's remains were identified decades after her disappearance.

Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home in the Catalina Foothills area near Tucson on the evening of January 31. She was reported missing on February 1 after failing to attend a scheduled church service. Authorities from the Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI have treated the case as a suspected kidnapping, citing evidence including blood on her porch that was confirmed to be hers and disturbing doorbell-camera footage. The footage shows a masked man, sometimes referred to online as "Porch Guy," tampering with the camera in the early hours of February 1, armed with what appeared to be a holstered weapon. Around the same time, a pacemaker monitoring app linked to Guthrie's phone stopped transmitting.